Short Simone Poems

Congratulations to Simone Biles
An African-American gymnast
Who dares to surpass
The Gold Standard...

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"she's a Nina but not Simone"


did she 
say die

Autobahn?

oui?

no no no

"Ultra 
bon!"...

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I want to know you…
not about you

The devil in the details
—all heaven in your smile

(Villanova Pennsylvania: July, 2019)
Dedicated To Nina Simone O/L 7-14-2019...

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I think i'm Bukowski

because i drank three beers

He thinks he's Hemingway

because he fought a poodle

She thinks she's Nina Simone

after her third piano lesson

We all kinda suck, but that's alright, i hope...

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Celebrated American gymnast, Simone Biles 
Is ahead of her competition a fistful of miles 

The most decorated in Olympic medals, ever.
In hearts and minds of fans, she'll live forever....

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S-tatement
I-n
M-essage
O-f
N-oble
E-xpression

I-s
N-icely
E-mployed
Z-estfully

H-aving
A-pplied
R-ighteous
R-egards
I-n
M-use
A-bout
N-ame

Topic: Birthday of poetess Simone Inez Harriman (March 05) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic...

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Simone the Panda Candy Maker loved concocting new recipes.
Today he created a caramel crunch that would take you to your knees.
Yesterday he invented a potato swirl that brought a new meaning to sweet.
He is perpetually inventing new candies, which makes visiting him a treat....

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To pay attention, this is our endless and proper work. – Mary Oliver 

Attention –
disguised generosity,
rare and pure

gift of desire.
No desire, no gift;
but, depuis mon enfance,

Simone said,
she longed for, desired endlessly
the wordless in wordless infancy. 

2004 Fall...

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The genius of Robin Williams,
the prescience of Harry Nilsson
The magic of Brian Wilson,
the artistry of Nina Simone
Celebrity robbed them of their greatest gift,
the most treasured one of all
To live at peace within themselves
—a normal life recalled 

(The New Room: January, 2022)...

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Your eyes glisten like the stars,
And your heart stays true to who you are,

Your talents and gifts spread as wide as the ocean,
And your mind is truly open,

Your values are honest and true,
And there's nothing you can't do,

So happy birthday to you,
Cause today not even the sun shines brighter than you,...

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Dear James,

You were my very first comment on poetry soup!

You made me at home, and feel part of the troop!

Thank you my friend, for all your support

There will always be you in a place in my thoughts!

Thank you my friend, I mean this so true

May all that you wish for, and dream will come true!!!!

Love
Simone...

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                                         I adorned the keys
                                         I just did not want to sing
                                         But I'm 'Feeling Good'
                                         Now, I 'Put A Spell On You'
                                         Talented Nina Simone...

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Another contest
  despaired of my fate

So down and depressed 
  threw up what I ate

Just me and Simone Biles
  'cept for 'one or two traits...'

I'd plumb forgotten
  how my pen thinks

By the time I remembered
  I'd run out of ink

So, Simone, my dear
  we've lots in common

We both lost our grip
  ~ then hit rock bottom...

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Deep ends on my mood
Awe hunts me back into the black
isn't anybody The Chaka clan
Siaing the chandeliers
playing good feelings
to a simple simone
lost causes wllly billie
Tender loving care
where the water f
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-----------------------l
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Spinning hops
bella caio
depends...

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Roses are Red. Violets are Blue.
I checked my Soup mail but there wasn't any there from you.
Roses are Red. Violets are Blue.
I'll check again later. Maybe it hasn't yet gotten through.
Roses are Red. Violets are Blue.
Thanks in advance however for the yet unread Soup mail from you.
Roses are Red. Violets are Blue.
Always a pleasure Simone. Best Wishes Always To You....

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I imagine your thoughts to trail off in French,
Politely demanding the finest pâté,
Then taking repose on a Tuileries bench.

An elegant lady dressed in all black,
Sipping Merlot on l’Île Saint-Louis,
Your citrine gaze ever poised to attack.

You are not one for sunshine,
A queen of the night,
My little feline!

Are you the trapped soul of Simone de Beauvoir?
Mon petit chat noir....

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If you go away
 you tear my heart from my breast
 and tears drip from my opened chest.
Come back to me
 remember the love we shared
 and life can be restored once more unbared.
Not a word,
 not a single tear
 as you step away.
Leave me then,
 slip into the darkness of night
 and let me be.










Nina Simone
Feeling indescribable
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Q7w7gk1JhQ...

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An awesome sacred relief
When we let the heart be chief 
In power of love beneath
The sacred faith in love belief

So let your sacred winds blow
Let the entire universe know
Let your special love glow
And poems of poet will show

A poet that doesn’t know it
`Tis very soon to blow it
And never will he show it
I know it for I’m a poet
 
Was tagged by Simone Segal, I tag Sara Kendrick
"write something that ends in (I am a poet)"...

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Lena Townsend


Lena Townsend, an angel is she

She lifts one's spirit, and sets you free

In her voice if you listen, you'll find a cure

Such words of wisdom, she's an angel for sure

Always she's there in times of need

With encouraging words, she will plant the right seed

She's love, light and kindness, sent from above

Forever my heart, my angel I love

Lena, my angel, may god bless you

And I pray for the day

That I will meet YOU!!!!!XXXXXXXX ' ` ` love Simone...

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